I recall much chatter about Bush's comments about Jews back in Texas during the 1990s. However I thought it was old news. I did call Gore's folks in 2000 about it and asked that these comments be highlighted by the campaign, but alas.. However Rawstory has a story up on Bush's comments. Maybe this news is not so old after all. Here are some of his fantastic quotes on Jewry:
From Rawstory:
In The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power, Austin-based journalist James Moore and Wayne Slater, senior political reporter for the Dallas Morning News, will allege that Bush once made anti-semitic comments to a reporter.
"You know what I'm gonna tell those Jews when I get to Israel, don't you Herman?" a then Governor George W. Bush allegedly asked a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman. When the journalist, Ken Herman, replied that he did not know, Bush reportedly delivered the punch line: "I'm telling 'em they're all going to hell."
And another tidbit:
Bush's thoughts on the fate of non-Christian souls became a minor source of controversy after he told the Houston Post in 1993 that only those who "accept Jesus Christ" go to Heaven. However, the future president was also earlier briefly engaged to a half-Jewish woman.
The quip never received wider media attention, even though the Austin American-Statesman reported it in December of 1998.
A thought crossed my mind-too bad blogs like Kos were not around in the 1990s to hound Bush on these kind of statements. He might not have been president with such gaffes fully highlighted. I can think of an up and coming GOPer caught making an off the cuff remark who, because of the work of blogs highlighting his insensitive statements, now finds his career in jeopardy. (Of course its Sen. Allen). Too bad the blogs were not around to catch Bush and hound him on his inappropriate commentary on Jews. Perhaps he would not have become Guv much less President. But I guess that is history, but not so for George Allen, that is for sure!
Catch more on Bush's remarks at RawStory-
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